wrote get rich carefully to begin with. even if you don t own individual stocks directly, you probably have some kind of exposure to the stock market. a 401(k) plan where youeep the bulk of your retirement funds, which is i want to take a moment to talk about retirement. for those of you living in a cave 401(k) plans are the main way americans save. they re offered by your employer and they re among the great deferred tax investment vehicles out there, along with the i.r.a. i m talking about the individual requirement account. wait. for those of you who are about to fall asleep or change the channel because the whole idea of saving for retirement puts you to sleep, hear me out. because you need to know this stuff. i m going to tell you some things that you won t hear from the so-called experts. this show is different. at this point, it s pretty much become conventional wisdom that you have to invest in your 401(k). that only an idiot would not contribute to a 401(k) plan. a l
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course in geometry, some physics, probably, and a host of classes, and you can graduate from college speaking three languages and have a deep understanding of quantum physics. but you know one thing they don t teach you in high school? financial literacy. you can be an econ major and learn nothing about personal financial planning or how to balance a darned checkbook, let alone how to invest your money wisely. money is not talked about in education. it s like the third rail of the whole educational system. and that s why i m on a constant mission to teach you about every aspect of managing your money, so you ll be able to become a better investor, both when it comes to retirement investing and playing around with what i call your discretionary mad money portfolio. which is a big reason why i wrote get rich carefully to begin with. most of you even, really, even if you don t own any individual stocks directly, you probably have some kind of exposure to the stock market, prob
important one. there are some people, call them 1% if you will, who can make enough money from their ordinary day-to-day income to become truly rich. what a great thing. but for the vast majority of americans, that paycheck is not enough. you need to augment it, work with it. and if you keep watching, i m going to tell you how to do that, not just for the next year or two years but the rest of your life. usually i come in here and tell you what i think of the markets, what themes are the best, stocks that fit those themes. but the truth is before you start investing in stocks there are a lot of other things you have to do if you want the payoff from those investments to mean something later in life. when you most need the money. you may not want to hear this, but it s fruitless to think you can get rich in stocks if you haven t laid down a foundation for building long-term wealth beforehand. what do i mean? simple. you can make a fortune in the market but if you re hem reggin